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To the best of one's abilityMon, 14 Jan 2019 01:06:19 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.12Captain’s 2018 Xmas Messagehttp://rosevillerc.com/24-12-2018/captains-2018-xmas-message/
http://rosevillerc.com/24-12-2018/captains-2018-xmas-message/#respondMon, 24 Dec 2018 07:59:24 +0000http://rosevillerc.com/?p=2959As we draw closer to the end of 2018, I thought it would be a good time to reflect on Roseville Rifle Club’s achievements over the past 12 months.

One of the key issues the committee recognised twelve months ago was the need to drive membership, so we all felt that the foundation for this was the need to modernise the clubhouse which had become a little tired and outdated. Through the tireless efforts of many members who either contributed financially or volunteered their labour, a number of significant improvements were made including creating a strong room, installation of a new kitchen (complete with new appliances), new floor coverings and a complete repaint of the internal areas of the clubhouse. The next stage of the refurbishment will commence in 2019 and include re-painting and re-cladding the external areas of the building.

From a membership perspective a number of initiatives were employed including the creation of new committee role (Membership/Marketing Officer) which Peter Walters is championing. Peter has been working on a number of initiatives to improve visitor’s experiences and I am pleased to report that we continued to grow this year and are now on track to meet our objective of 50 members by June 30th 2019 – amongst these new members we had a significant proportion of younger shooters who have shown enthusiasm and good potential.

Throughout 2018 many members participated in various OPMs, Queens and International competitions, as well as MDRA events and of course our own local Arn Hammond series. In many cases Roseville members distinguished themselves with lots of badges and medals being brought home throughout the course of the year. I recently looked at the national rankings for TR, FS and FTR and it was pleasing to note that a significant number of Roseville members are currently ranked amongst the top shooters in Australia.

With the Long Range World Championships coming up in January/February 2019 in Trentham New Zealand, I am pleased to advise that the competitive spirit is flowing strong, with several members (Mark, Angus, Adam and Patrick) competing, so we wish them all the very best for this prestigious international event.

I think we can all agree that one of the main reasons that our club is so successful, is the level of comradely, friendship and cohesiveness that binds us together – we all love our shooting, enjoy each other’s company and freely share information and that is something to be proud of.

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Phill Hodder for all his time and effort over the years in his role as Club Captain – I have had very large shoes to fill, so I am so pleased that Phill took on the Vice-Captain’s role to assist in my transition into the role this year.

I wish everyone a happy and safe Christmas and I look forward to seeing you on the range in early 2019!

Best Wishes,

Michael Cuda
Roseville Rifle Club Captain

Christmas get together at the clubhouse

Happy new year!

]]>http://rosevillerc.com/24-12-2018/captains-2018-xmas-message/feed/0ACT Queenshttp://rosevillerc.com/06-12-2018/act-queens/
http://rosevillerc.com/06-12-2018/act-queens/#respondThu, 06 Dec 2018 08:56:34 +0000http://rosevillerc.com/?p=2947On Wednesday November 14, 3 Roseville representatives (Mark Buchanan, Adam Beale and Pat Jacombs) ventured onto the Canberra rifle range for a taste of their notoriously tricky wind conditions, shooting in the R A Rolph leadup event for the 2018 ACT Queens. Fortunately, for the first 2 days conditions were mostly favourable, which led to some good scoring. However, that was definitely the calm before the storm and the Queens event delivered everything that the pundits had predicted!

Pat’s NRAA ranking prior to the event had moved him into A Grade, so he was feeling a bit of extra pressure to perform, now that he was joining Mark with the “Big Boys”! In the lead-up event there were 38 competitors in A Grade and 23 in B Grade. Adam competed in B Grade.

The notable results in the leadup were:

Mark – 1st place in the first match at 500m with 50.9Pat – equal 2nd in the second match at 500m with 50.8Adam – 1st in the third match at 600m with 73.8Adam – 2nd in the Day 1 aggregate with 170.19Adam – 1st in the fourth match at 800m with 74.8Mark – 1st in the fifth match at 800m with 75.9Mark – 3rd in the Day 2 aggregate with 149.22Adam – 1st in the overall aggregatePat – 7th in the overall aggregate (his first A grade badge), just 2 points behind the winnerMark – 10th in the overall aggregatePat – top junior Target shooter

On Friday November 16, Mark, Adam and Pat were joined by Tim Walter (TR/A), Peter Walters and Michael Cuda (F Std/A), and Gary Faulkner, Eva Patrick and Alan Patrick (FTR/A) for the Queens event. 69 competitors lined up in TR/A Grade, 32 in TR/B Grade, 56 in F Std/A and 18 in FTR/A. Conditions weren’t too demanding for the start of the day, but things were about to start heading south! On Saturday, the wind really started to make its presence felt, swirling in from the south-west and moving around like a washing machine as it moved up the range. The flags were regularly facing opposite directions to each other. The more experienced shooters were better placed to handle these vagaries and the less-experienced shooters found the going really tough. The loss of a target during the morning session meant very slow progress on the mound and then a brief storm at lunchtime forced the 2 x 10 shot 800m matches to be reduced initially to 1 x 15 shot match, and then to a single 10 shot match. Sunday was about to put the icing on the cake with some truly bizarre wind conditions for 2 final matches at 600m.

Notable results from the 3 days of the Queens were:

Mark – 3rd in the first match at 500m with 50.8Mark – 1st in the third match at 600m with 75.11Mark – 1st in the Day 1 aggregate with 175.26Adam – 1st in the fifth match at 600m with 50.4Adam – 1st in the Day 2 aggregate with 144.11Adam – 1st in the seventh match at 600m with 49.4Michael – 1st in the seventh match at 600m with 60.4Gary – 2nd in the seventh match at 600m with 56.2Michael – 2nd in the Day 3 aggregate with 145.7Alan – 3rd in the Day 3 aggregate with 140.6Adam – 3rd place badge for the overall aggregateMark – 10th place overallMichael – 10th place overallGary – 5th place overall

In the Grand Aggregate, Adam was placed 2nd (just one point behind the winner) and Mark was placed 3rd.

On a side note, Phil Jacombs discovered a family connection to the Bungendore Rifle Club that has been unknown for over 100 years. If you have a few minutes, ask him about it!

On Day 1 TR-B was 100% Roseville (Pat Jacombs, Mike Hodder, Adam Beale represented RRC) although a couple of more from outside joined in TR-B fun on day 2.

It was also good to see new member Sam Houston shooting in C-Grade – well done Sam! In F-Class, we had a strong FTR showing with Gary Faulkner, Alan Patrick and Eva Patrick; in FS-A Peter Walters and Michael Cuda were stars; and Janet Beale had fun in FS-B (thanks to loan equipment from Jon Marriott). The weather obliged, it was hot and sunny with mirage and a slight breeze to contend with.

Every single shooter from RRC took out at least a 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in their respective class/grade for a detail. Well done to all our shooters who showed how strong and supportive a club we are!

Special congrats to Mark Buchanan who took home the prize of a new barrel for being the top shooter!

Also, congrats to Pat who took home top Junior Shooter and who now moves to A grade in the NRAA database just in time for the Canberra Queens!

And a big thank you to Allan Humbert who spent the two days inputting all the stats on the NRAA score system, thanks Allan!

(thanks to Phil J for being photographer)

Janet Beale

]]>http://rosevillerc.com/10-11-2018/nsdra-opm-2018/feed/0Gosford District OPM 2018http://rosevillerc.com/26-10-2018/gosford-district-opm-2018/
http://rosevillerc.com/26-10-2018/gosford-district-opm-2018/#respondFri, 26 Oct 2018 04:39:34 +0000http://rosevillerc.com/?p=2906Sunday 21 Oct was the Gosford Open Prize Meeting, comprising three details at 500m. Roseville had strong competitors with Dmitri Kazakov and Mark Buchanan competing in Target Rifle A; two of our juniors Pat Jacombs and Adam Beale in Target Rifle B; Peter Walters in F-Standard A; and Gary Faulkner, Eva Patrick and Alan Patrick in F-TR. Despite the heavy rains overnight, and the mud in the carpark, the weather held out and there was hardly a drop during the shoot. The mound was well protected with cover just in case which everyone appreciated. Roseville had an excellent day with an excellent centre count as you will see below…

1 FS/A shooter (Michael Cuda) and 1 FTR shooter (Gary Faulkner). Quite a few of the Australian team representatives were there (Palma, U25 and U21) as all teams are beginning to gear up for the World Competition in Jan 2019 so the competition was a very high calibre indeed.

This year, all scoring reverted to manual targets due to issues last year with the Konsberg electronic targets. However, the conditions were challenging to say the least with high winds and rain (heavy at times) which caused issues with the manual targets (inability to read the markers at a distance and stickers falling off the paper targets). As such, the organisers reverted to a modified program of 11 details instead of the normal 16 details and one whole day of competition was cancelled due to the shocking weather.

However, the competition did complete the modified program and RRC was well represented by our competitors

In A-Grade, the most notable individual performances by the RRC shooters included:

In the Grand Aggregate, covering both the Queens and McIntosh series, Mark (A Grade) came 6th, Pat (B Grade) came 2nd and Adam (B Grade) came 7th

Well done to our RRC competitors in very challenging circumstance.

Janet Beale

]]>http://rosevillerc.com/09-10-2018/nsw-queens-report-for-rrc/feed/0Exciting times are ahead for two Roseville junior membershttp://rosevillerc.com/02-09-2018/exciting-times-are-ahead-for-two-roseville-junior-members/
http://rosevillerc.com/02-09-2018/exciting-times-are-ahead-for-two-roseville-junior-members/#respondSun, 02 Sep 2018 00:29:15 +0000http://rosevillerc.com/?p=2881Adam Beale and Pat Jacombs have been selected in their first National Team as members in the Australian U21 Team to compete in Trentham, NZ early 2019. This is a fantastic achievement and shows the determination and focus both boys have!

As well as Adam and Pat, Angus Martin will be involved with the Australian U25 Team and also Mark Buchanan in the Australian Veterans Team. This championship will be held in New Zealand from 24 Jan – 11 Feb 2019 and will incorporate Junior and Veteran team shooting, the NZ National Championships, the World Long Range Championships, and the most prestigious teams match in shooting , The Palma.

This is very impressive for Roseville Rifle Club having 4 members competing in these events representing Australia all the way through the age brackets from juniors to seniors.

Adam’s selection in the Australian U21 Team was recently featured in a fabulous article in the North Shore Times

We wish all the shooters the best of luck and many “V” Bulls.

]]>http://rosevillerc.com/02-09-2018/exciting-times-are-ahead-for-two-roseville-junior-members/feed/0Queensland Rifle Association Championships – 2018.http://rosevillerc.com/21-08-2018/queensland-rifle-association-championships-2018/
http://rosevillerc.com/21-08-2018/queensland-rifle-association-championships-2018/#respondTue, 21 Aug 2018 02:18:16 +0000http://rosevillerc.com/?p=2834Dmitri Kazakov and Tim Walter attended the Queensland Championships held at Belmont Rifle Range between 7 and 11 August 2018. Pat Jacombs joined later and shot the Queens Prize accompanied by his father, Phil Jacombs. Dmitri Kazakov arrived one day earlier and shot Archer Trophy & F Class Challenge 2018 15 shoots match at 1000 yard. He managed to get first place in B grade and second in competition getting the valuable prize.

Dmitri, Tim and Pat all shot TR B Grade.

The results were as follows:

The Duncan.

Shooter

300 Yards

500 Yards

600 Yards

600 Yards

Day 1

900 Yards

1000 Yards

Day 2

Duncan Aggregate

Dmitri

47.3 14th

43.3 23rd

44.2 20th

50.6 1st

184.14 17th

50.6 3rd

36.1 25th

86.7 19th

270.21 20th

Tim

48.6 10th

49.6 4th

48.5 4th

46.2 17th

191.19 9th

48.4 10th

45.4 7th

93.8 8th

284.27 8th

Dmitri lost 5 points at 500y by traditionally shooting his last shot as V on the wrong target. However he managed to recover at the end getting the first place and gold medal for second 600y range.

For a moment, we thought Roseville had a new member, when we spotted one of the Japanese competitors in a Roseville Shirt and cap!

The Queens – Day 1

Shooter

300 Yards

500 Yards

600 Yards

600 Yards

Queens Day 1 Aggregate

Dmitri

50.6 2nd

48.4 18th

48.5 17th

50.4 3rd

196.19 5th

Tim

48.3 15th

49.3 13th

48.0 24th

43.0 34th

188.6 26th

Pat

49.4 9th

48.3 23rd

48.7 15th

49.5 7th

194.19 10th

The Queens – Day 2

Shooter

800 Yards

800 Yards

900 Yards

900 Yards

Queens Day 2 Aggregate

Dmitri

49.5 17th

49.3 5th

46.2 18th

49.3 9th

193.13 11th

Tim

50.3 11th

46.2 29th

47.4 9th

50.5 1st

193.14 10th

Pat

49.4 18th

46.4 26th

45.3 20th

48.3 18th

188.14 22nd

The Queens – Day 3
At the last range the Roseville members were devastated by constantly changing wind direction. In combination with limited experience at long distance shooting under windy condition this significantly affected their final results.

Shooter

1000 Yards

1000 Yards

Day 3 Aggregate

Dmitri

46.2 24th

43.0 26th

89.2 22nd

Tim

45.2 26th

32.1 36th

77.3 33rd

Pat

47.4 17th

36.0 23rd

83.4 30th

The Queens – Aggregate

Shooter

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

The Queens Aggregate

Dmitri

196.19 5th

193.13 11th

89.2 22nd

478.34 9th

Tim

188.6 26th

193.14 10th

77.3 33rd

458.23 27th

Pat

194.19 10th

188.14 22nd

83.4 30th

465.37 24th

Duncan and Queens Grand Aggregate

Shooter

Duncan Aggregate

Queens Aggregate

Grand Aggregate

Dmitri

270.21 20th

478.34 9th

748.55 13th

Tim

284.27 8th

458.23 27th

742.50 15th

Dmitri came third at 900 yards in the Duncan and was placed 9th in the Queens to receive a badge.

Tim received 8th Badge in the Duncan Aggregate and a Gold Medal for winning the second 900 yards on Day 2 of the Queens.

Pat was shooting his first Queens and he did very well overall, particularly given his limited experience at long ranges to date.

Rosevillians brought back home a lot of toffees this time.

Tim Walter

]]>http://rosevillerc.com/21-08-2018/queensland-rifle-association-championships-2018/feed/0Mark Buchanan finishes in 4th place at H.M. Queens Prize, Bisley 2018!http://rosevillerc.com/30-07-2018/mark-buchanan-finishes-in-4th-place-at-h-m-queens-prize-bisley-2018/
http://rosevillerc.com/30-07-2018/mark-buchanan-finishes-in-4th-place-at-h-m-queens-prize-bisley-2018/#commentsMon, 30 Jul 2018 03:55:24 +0000http://rosevillerc.com/?p=2810In an astonishing display of marksmanship, Mark Buchanan top scored in the Queens Prize Stage III Final, shooting 134.10 over 900 yards and 1000 yards, to give him a total Aggregate of 280.24. This placed him 4th in H.M. Queens Prize, Bisley 2018, only one point and five centres behind the winner, David Luckman on 281.29.Mark was also only one centre behind both Matt Button and the great Parag Patel who shot off for second and third place with 280.25 each.
Conditions were extremely difficult with strong and variable winds racing across Stickledown range for both shoots at 900 yards and 1000 yards. Mark shot 65.4 at 900 yards and 69.6 at 1000 yards, his 69.6 being the highest score shot at 1000 yards on the day – by three points!
Mark had shot 102.10 in Stage I to qualify for Stage 2, where he scored 146.14, placing him in 54th position. This effectively gave David Luckman, this year’s Commonwealth Games Gold medalist and arguably the best rifle shooter in the world at the moment, a 3 point lead going into Stage III, as David had scored 149.20 in Stage II placing him in 3rd position.Luckman took a further 3 points lead over Mark at 900 yards shooting 68.6 to Mark’s 65.4, but Mark piled on the pressure at 1000 yards with his 69.6. Luckman replied with 64.3, which was enough for him to finish just one point ahead of Mark and to win H.M. Queens Prize for 2018.Mark was the top scorer of a sizeable Australian contingent and congratulations must also go to James Corbett who finished 5th with 279.32 and Angus Bell who finished 9th with 279.16. Mark Horsnell finished 52nd with 271.18. Well done mark! Associate member Keirin McCamley was unlucky to finish Stage II with 144.15 in 108th position, missing out on a place in the Final by 1 point and 3 centres.James Corbett was unfortunate in that he went into the final with 148.23 and shot a brilliant 70.6 at 900 yards to put him in the lead, only to finish with 61.3 at 1000 yards, thus indicating the extreme difficulty of the conditions on the day.
Mark’s 4th place is his best performance at Bisley so far and a just reward for many years of dedication and application. UK Queens results are HERE.

Good report written by Captain of Australian Rifle Team to Bisley 2018 Geoff Grosskreutz is available HERE

Well done Mark! You have done yourself, your club and your country proud.

Tim Walter. 30 July 2018.

]]>http://rosevillerc.com/30-07-2018/mark-buchanan-finishes-in-4th-place-at-h-m-queens-prize-bisley-2018/feed/2DRA/City v Country weekendhttp://rosevillerc.com/18-07-2018/dracity-v-country-weekend/
http://rosevillerc.com/18-07-2018/dracity-v-country-weekend/#respondWed, 18 Jul 2018 02:01:50 +0000http://rosevillerc.com/?p=2776Roseville had some busy shooters this weekend (15-16 July)… and before going into the details I want to thank Mike Hodder who did all the hand-loads for some RRC junior shooters (due to the factory ammo shortage). We also want to send hearty congratulations to Angus Martin who was also selected for the NSW State Team and received his numbered cap! Well done Angus!!!

Saturday

NSW Rifle Association’s District Rifle Competition team shoot (5 per team) was held at Malabar in the afternoon (with a bit of a breeze blowing) with 2+10 at 700m and 2+15 at 800m (max score of 125.15 TR and 150.15 F-Class) on manual targets. Roseville had a huge contingent with 11 representatives in the various NSDRA Target Rifle and F-Class teams. Our Rosevilleans did very well:

While the NSDRA teams shot admirably, it was only the NSDRA FTR team who came home with winners prizes. Congrats to Gary, Alan, Eva and the rest of their NSDRA team!

Sunday

NSW Rifle Association’s City vs Country match was also held at Malabar starting in the morning (brrr very cold!) with 2+10 at 500m and 600m, and finished in the afternoon with 2+10 at 700m and 800m using manual targets. As you will see below, Roseville had a lot of representatives there which shows what a great, vibrant and active club we have.

The day had its issues (e.g. Pat lying down to shoot on a colony of ants and being bitten and having to move, Adam having only a few minutes to do his first detail due to team running out of time, mechanical target D6 was not working properly affecting Dmitri’s shoot etc) but overall everyone enjoyed themselves.

Despite it being a teams’ event, listed below are the individual results from RRC members (max score of 200.40 in TR and 340.40 in F-Class):

All in all the RRC members did a great job in their respective teams – well done to one and all with special congrats to Angus M, Pat, Gary, Alan, and Eva for making it to the podium and coming home winners.

Janet Beale

]]>http://rosevillerc.com/18-07-2018/dracity-v-country-weekend/feed/0West Wallsend OPM 2018http://rosevillerc.com/13-07-2018/west-wallsend-opm-2018/
http://rosevillerc.com/13-07-2018/west-wallsend-opm-2018/#respondFri, 13 Jul 2018 04:45:18 +0000http://rosevillerc.com/?p=2755The West Wallsend Open Prize Meeting was held on Sunday, 1st July which was a beautiful but a bit chilly day ….rifle shooting is a good way to start the new financial year!

There were 53 shooters competing across the various disciplines and the order of the day was 2+10 at 500yds, 2+10 at 600yds and 2+10 at 600yds.

The intrepid Roseville shooters were Phill Hodder, Angus Martin and Tim Walter in A grade; Adam Beale in B grade; Angus Langsford in C grade and Alan Humbert in F-Standard A grade. Similar to the Wingham OPM, Alex Macaulay (B grade) was an “adopted Rosevillian” for the day because he shoots with Shore School with our other junior shooters.

Highlights of the day

Angus Martin shot his first 50 with 10!! CONGRATS Angus you have nerves of steel!!

Phill Hodder came 4th at 600 yds and 4th in aggregate score in A Grade.

At the end of the day the aggregate scores in target rifle out of a max of 150-30 were as follows:

Phill Hodder: 149-19 (99.3% accuracy)

Angus Martin: 148-21 (98.7% accuracy)

Tim Walter: 146-14 (97.3% accuracy)

Alex Macaulay: 145-13 (96.7% accuracy)

Adam Beale: 144-12 (96% accuracy)

Angus Langsford: 144-11 (96% accuracy)… this should mean he is now moving to B-grade!

The aggregate score in F-Class out of a max of 160-30 was:

Alan Humbert (F -Std A grade): 175-12 (97.2% accuracy)

So I think you can see Roseville was well represented particularly as almost 50% of the top 4 in each grade/discipline have this range as their home range which would provide them some sort of “home advantage”. Congrats to all!